The Effortless Swimming Podcast

Last year Elise Butler was swimming 20 mins for her 1km time trial. Over the past 18 months she's made big improvements, now swimming well under 17 minutes. Elise joined us last year for our Hell Week swim camp and has joined us again for this year's camp in Thailand. In this podcast she shares how she's knocked more than 15 secs per 100m off her 1km pace.

The 66 day and 18 month rule is a good rule to live by to replace old habits and become competent at a skill. Most people don't stick with something long enough to see results, especially when it comes to changing their swimming.

Lisandra de Carvalho has been a friend of mine for almost eight years. She comes from a competitive swimming background and now focuses primarily on open water events. In this episode, we discuss everything to do with long distance open water swimming. Lisandra has raced the 19.7km Rottnest channel swim solo on three occasions and as a duo on one occasion. If you are planning to do an open water race of 10 km or more, this podcast will teach you everything you need.

Gary Hurring is a former swimmer and a coach from Wellington, New Zealand. Gary won the gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the men's 200 meters backstroke and silver medal in the same event at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships. He finished fourth in the 100m and fifth in the 200m at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was also appointed as New Zealand's swim team coach at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In this podcast, we discuss the principle of the 'Pit of discomfort' and how to change your technique in swimming. We also talk about the mindset needed to overcome negative thinking.

This podcast episode is about having a breakthrough swim, whether it's in a triathlon or an open water swim. Our guest today is Paul Speed a coach a recently turned pro triathlete. With Paul, he changed his technique and training to make that second pack and come out with the water with the faster group so he can have a better chance of keeping up in the bike and setting himself up for a good race.

In this podcast, we welcome back Eney Jones who is a successful Master's swimmer, open water swimmer, and an accomplished triathlete. She lives and works in Boulder, Colorado and has worked with many of the top triathletes to help them improve their swimming. She is also the creator of the Eney Bouy. She was on the podcast many times before talking about technique, posture, tempo, catch and pull, open water racing tips and awareness in the open water. In this episode, we talked about her latest research On Swimming Fast in Open Water. This episode is one you shouldn't miss!

Tabitha Jones is a previous Hell Week camp attendee. Since coming to Thailand with us last year, she's take more than 20 seconds off per 100m pace over a half ironman distance swim. An impressive achievement in 8 months! Tabitha shares with us the things that have helped her do this from changes to technique, workouts, how she approaches races and the different attitude she takes towards her swimming.

Swimming Coach, Brian Ford is the Head Coach of the Traralgon Swimming Club since 1997. He was a National Age swimmer in the 1970s. He is a firm believer in discipline and strong communication. If you want to learn about the importance of discipline, enthusiasm and being a people person, listen in as my dad shares his life lessons and expertise as a seasoned swimming coach. 04:58 - Meet Brian Ford 07:50 - Why reputation is important. 08:55 - When to Draw The Line Between Being a Coach and Being a Parent 16:00 - Micromanaging vs Delegating 22:41 - Basic Principles in Dealing with People 30:45 - On Being Careful with Who You Hang Out With 33:30 - "Every opportunity is an opportunity to give as much as you can." 35:30 - This is the way I am as a coach... 38:17 - Why It's Okay to Coach with a Lot of Enthusiasm 40:20 - To Care or Not to Care?

Meighan Julbert is a Mental Skills Consultant for The MindSide - a sports and psychology center located in Alabama. She has worked with a number of athletes from different sports like softball, golf, swimming, soccer, and others. This podcast is perfect for those who has performance anxiety and to those who feels like their mental state has let them down during competition. 01:53 - What's going on in your head? 07:16 - How To Build The Mindset of Confidence 10:40 - The Importance of Not Looking for What's Missing 12:12 - The Strategies to Help You Focus on The Right Things 15:28 - Everyday you have a choice. 25:13 - Michael Phelps: Epitome of An Athlete with a Strong Mental Game 26:00 - Everybody has a panic moment. 30:13 - Why You Need to Identify Upfront Something That Went Well 33:19 - Truth: The Athlete is His Own Expert 39:14 - "I want to conquer the world." To learn more about Meighan and her work, visit http://www.themindside.com/meighan-julbert/